PC Shipments Fell 7% in Q4; U.S. Seen Bottoming

Gartner revised its long-term PC unit shipment forecast downward and reported December quarter shipments below expectations as the global shift to mobile devices such as the Apple (AAPL) iPad continued. The market research firm says the U.S. market may have "bottomed-out" in the December quarter. In the December quarter, Gartner estimates the PC market declined 6.9% year-over-year, worse than its ...

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